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Sampras lost a five-set US Open semifinal to the eventual winner Patrick Rafter, after leading the match two sets to one.
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Sampras and lost
In his first Grand Slam singles match, Sampras lost to world number 69 Jaime Yzaga of Peru in the first round of the US Open.
To end the year, Sampras lost in the first round of four consecutive tournaments.
Sampras did not play the French Open and again lost in the first round of Wimbledon, this time to Christo van Rensburg.
He lost in the finals of the 2000 and 2001 US Open to Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt, respectively, leading many to speculate that Sampras would never capture another major title.
At the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, Sampras lost to Roger Federer, who was 19 at the time, 6 – 7 ( 7 ), 7 – 5, 4 – 6, 7 – 6 ( 2 ), 5 – 7, in the fourth round, ending Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon.
However, Agassi lost the final to Sampras in straight sets.
On November 20, 2007, Sampras lost the first of three exhibition matches in Asia against Roger Federer in Seoul, Korea.
Two days later in Kuala Lumpur, Sampras again lost to Federer in two tiebreaks.
Sampras once again lost the match in three tight sets.
On November 17, 2011, Sampras played and lost an exhibition match against Milos Raonic.
At both Cincinnati and the Australian Open, Muster lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets.
He lost in the second round of the Australian Open to Ramesh Krishnan, the quarterfinals of the French Open to Andrei Chesnokov, the quarterfinals of Wimbledon to John McEnroe ( 7 – 6, 3 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 4 ), and the second round of the US Open to Pete Sampras ( 5 – 7, 6 – 3, 1 – 6, 6 – 1, 6 – 4 ).
Wilander last played in Davis Cup in the 1995 semifinals, where he lost to Andre Agassi 7 – 6 ( 5 ), 6 – 2, 6 – 2 and Pete Sampras 2 – 6, 7 – 6 ( 4 ), 6 – 3.
In the final however, the years past-his-prime Becker, further fatigued after grueling baseline contests with Cédric Pioline and then with Agassi, ran out of gas after winning the first set in a tiebreak, and lost in four sets to Pete Sampras.
Becker lost to Sampras in the final of the 1996 ATP Tour World Championships in Hanover.
In 1997, Becker lost to Sampras in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
He defeated Sampras, then the World No. 2, 8 – 6 in the fifth set at the French Open in a first-round match, but lost in the fourth round to Juan Carlos Ferrero.
He reached the final in 1999, where he lost to Pete Sampras, and went on to reach the final again in 2001 and 2002, where both times he lost to Lleyton Hewitt.
In the 1997 U. S. Open, he was the odds-on favorite to win after Sampras was upset by Petr Korda ; however, Chang lost to eventual champion Patrick Rafter in the semifinals in straight sets.
He also reached the 1993 Wimbledon final, defeating Edberg in the semifinals, and lost to Sampras in four sets.
At Wimbledon, he made it to the semifinals, before falling to the eventual champion Sampras ; the set that Martin took from Sampras in the match was the only set that Sampras lost during the entire tournament .< ref >
Sampras and five-set
) Sampras failed to defend his Australian Open title, losing in the quarterfinals to Karol Kučera, and won Wimbledon only after a hard-fought five-set victory over Goran Ivanišević.
Sampras reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in early 2000 ( falling to the eventual champion Agassi in a five-set match ) and won the Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida for the third time in March.
Greg Rusedski, whom Sampras had defeated in a long five-set third round match at the US Open, said that Sampras was " a step and a half slower " and predicted that Sampras would lose his next match.
Becker defeated Sampras in October 1996 in a five-set final in Stuttgart.
Sampras and US
Sampras debuted on the professional tour in 1988 and played his last top-level tournament in 2002 when he won the US Open, defeating rival Andre Agassi in the final.
His seven Wimbledon singles championships is an Open Era record shared with Roger Federer, while Sampras ' five US Open singles titles is an Open Era record shared with both Federer and former World No. 1 player Jimmy Connors.
At the US Open, Sampras defeated defending champion and fifth-seeded Mats Wilander in the second round before losing to world number 13 Jay Berger in the fourth round.
Sampras beat Agassi in straight sets to become the US Open's youngest-ever male singles champion at the age of 19 years and 28 days.
Upon entering the US Open as the defending champion that year, he caused controversy when, after losing in the quarterfinals to Jim Courier, Sampras said that he was not disappointed and felt relieved that the pressure to defend his title was no longer on him.
In 1992, Sampras reached the first round of the French Open for the first of three consecutive years, made it to the Wimbledon semifinals, and was the runner-up at the US Open to Stefan Edberg.
Sampras later stated that his loss in the US Open final that year was a " wake-up call " and that he needed to figure out how to become the world number 1.
Sampras's ranking was hurt through a combination of withdrawing from the Australian and US Opens, tournaments in which he had strong performances during the previous year, and the resurgence of longtime rival Andre Agassi, putting an end to Sampras ' six consecutive years of finishing as the world number 1.
Sampras had a relatively poor summer leading up to the US Open.
After a four-set battle between the two veterans, Sampras claimed a then-record 14th Grand Slam singles title and matched Jimmy Connors's record of five US Open singles championships.
With both Sampras and Agassi participating, the U. S. won the Davis Cup in 1995. Notable Sampras-Agassi matches of 1995 included the finals of the Australian Open, the Newsweek Champions Cup, the Lipton International Players Championships, the Canadian Open, and the US Open, with Sampras winning the Newsweek Champions Cup and the US Open.
Sampras forfeited the world number 1 ranking to Agassi when injury forced Sampras to withdraw from that year's US Open.
In arguably their most memorable match, Sampras defeated Agassi in the 2001 US Open quarterfinals 6 – 7, 7 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 6.
Their rivalry began to truly develop after Rafter shocked the tennis world by winning the 1997 US Open, a tournament that many expected Sampras to win, having won in 1995 and 1996.
For his part, Sampras said about Rafter, " When I see him holding the US Open trophy, it pisses me off.
Sampras and Open
Sampras finished 1990 at world number 5, having started the year ranked world number 61 just prior to the start of the Australian Open.
At the Australian Open, Sampras upset twelfth-ranked Mayotte in the first round before losing to thirteenth-ranked Yannick Noah in the fourth round in four sets.
Sampras reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in early 1993 losing again to Stefan Edberg and matched the previous year's quarterfinal performance at the French Open.
Sampras won the first of his two Australian Open titles in 1994, defeating American Todd Martin in the final.
Sampras won his second and final Australian Open title in January, defeating Carlos Moyà in the final.
1999 also started out disappointingly, as Sampras withdrew from the Australian Open and failed to win a title during the early part of the season.
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